ROF online shenanigan.

[Robert]

won't buy it.

[Forgottenfighter]

The question is badly worded.

Many will think that there's no Single Play mode as well... and there's one, that requires an online connection at game start (and at game end to submit statistics).

Question should be:
Should ROF have a SP mode without online connection?

The fact is, you will have to be connected while playing so that your stats can be recorded.

Here are two qoutes from an interview with the team:

Do I need an internet connection to play ROF?

Yes, because first of all we are talking about online service, where you can get together with many other people with same interests, where you can get in groups and play against other users or AI and many more.


Can I play ROF in offline mode?

No, you can't.

[C6_Krasno]

Yes, BUT some people will think that no offline mode = no single player mode ; and there will be a single player mode. That's the point Rama raised, I believe.

[SlipBall]

I think that they are making a grave mistake on this...I believe they will loose 50 to 70% of the sale's that they could of had...I'm out!...and a really dumb idea they have, that will bother me forever.

[Igo kyu]

I'm not interested now.

[Forgottenfighter]

I'm really not trying to knock the team or anything, the idea has its benefits, so long as the game can also be played without an internet connection. Thanks for all the replies so far.

[flyingbullseye]

That's just the problem, you can't play it without an internet connection. There are two huge discussions going on over at simHQ about it and most are not happy. There are a couple that are in support of it, and that's fine but as many are stating this is going to be a bad move. Most there will agree that this is due to pirating, ironicly enough this move may cause the sim to be pirated in much larger numbers to get around the online only connection. Maybe the devs will see the error of their ways with the bad sales and change it in the near future.

Flyingbullseye

[BadAim]

This is the price we pay for living amongst thieves. Right or wrong, the honest people always have to pay the price for the thieves and the fools. I will try out the demo, and see if the price is worth it in this case.

[Skoshi Tiger]

To me the biggest issue is what happens in a year or twos time. What happens is their game is not profitable and they don't get the ongoing sales? Will they just turn off their servers and move on to the next title? Even if they "guarantee" the servers will be up for X amount of time, even with all the best intentions it means nothing. The the economic crisis and all, businesses are going bust left, right and centre.

[virre89]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

To me the biggest issue is what happens in a year or twos time. What happens is their game is not profitable and they don't get the ongoing sales? Will they just turn off their servers and move on to the next title? Even if they "guarantee" the servers will be up for X amount of time, even with all the best intentions it means nothing. The the economic crisis and all, businesses are going bust left, right and centre.

They will simply remove the login feature if something like that would occur.
Besides even if the company would go bankrupt or something its very comon that servers are handed over or taken over by a willing partner for the continues satisfaction of the customers.